It has been a while since I "gamed" but basically you have turns of movement and action. So you move the boat a certain distance and shot at another boat. The rules say what and how it's done and use of dice then tell what has happened (movement and damage success etc).

These days - with the kids out of the house - I love to build stuff and then look at it

Regarding fragility, as all my models have a least two layers of (recommended 160gsm weight) paper glued together, the result is almost a sturdy as plastic. If you go heavier with the paper it comes close to thin wood. Of course if you want to you could damage or destroy the model, but the same is true of plastic and wooden models.

Chris what you are building is amazingI am really impress superb really first class \:D/

About game In the gymnasium where my son went to school (30y ago) there used to have a club of gamer.They play a game of war ship using 1:700 scale ship with rule if weather, fog of war distance, speed and so on the rule book was almost 2” thick, WWI, WWII, and modern conflict the model where superb.As I was already involved in a game call advanced Squad Leader miniature 1:1000 scale so even if I was very interested I was not able to involve myself minister of finance rule .

Arthur, thank you for the pics. I have updated the sail in this new build. After adding the weathering layers I went for an used, old pirate ship. I also made some swivel guns and a Jolly Roger flag. This one is removable so the top mast bit looks a little odd (too thick). I will try to make a fixed glued version that should look better.

I think the only bigger visual element I have not added are the lines holding the upper gaff sail beam. If there is enough interest I could add that too.

Charles, with some of the modern games finances certainly will set a limit. The models are awesome but still it will cost you. That is why I love the paper as a medium. Considering all the costs (ink, paper, glue etc.) I think it is a very affordable medium. I hope what I add in terms of texturing and detail will offset the flat boring nature of paper in a positive way and make the final model almost as good looking as resin cast or scratch built models. In any case, there should be no excuse no to be able to build a larger fleet with lots of boat action

I build for 28-30mm figures. I think that is somewhere around 1/60th scale. But the PDF's can be scaled during print. The Adobe Reader software has an option for that. So if you need smaller, you could just print at 50% for example.